Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COOPERATIVES ACT 2002 (REPEALED) - SECT 398

    (1)     A person is not excused from answering a question, making a statement, providing information or producing a document under this division on the ground that to do so may tend to incriminate the person.

    (2)     However—

        (a)     the answering of the question, the making of the statement, the providing of the information or the producing of the document (the required act ); or

        (b)     any other information, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the required act;

is not admissible in evidence against the person in a criminal proceeding.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not apply to a proceeding for an offence against this Act, or any other law, in relation to the falsity or misleading nature of an answer or statement, information or a document.

Note     The Legislation Act

, s 171 deals with the application of client legal privilege.